Search Results for: united nations⊂mit=Search

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled that elements of Canada’s collective what marketing systems break its rules, taking some shine off Ottawa’s earlier claims of an oncoming victory in the dispute brought by the United States. A WTO disputes settlement panel has now told Canada to reform the Canada Grain Act, Canada Grain Regulations, and the Canada Transportation Act, to comply with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations officials have launched an “immediate and detailed probe” in allegations that a Ukrainian peacekeeper serving in Sierra Leone has used mining equipment “for unauthorised reasons” in a region rich in diamond deposits. The UN said it was acting on reports that the soldier “has been assisting the licensed Sierra Rus mining company to remove spoil material from a mining site” in Kenema district, Eastern Province.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN pharmaceutical companies Hoffmann-La Roche, BASF and Rhône-Poulenc are being supported by the International Chamber of Commerce in a US Supreme Court case that could make United States courts de facto global anti-trust regulators, even in cases with a negligible USA impact.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
SCIENTISTS have discovered that proteins from a harmless microorganism can reduce the presence of campylobacter and other pathogenic bacteria in poultry intestines by 99.9 per cent. In small trials, the proteins, called bacteriocins, almost wiped out campylobacter, reducing their presence to a millionth when fed to chickens.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
NOBODY likes to be on a blacklist, especially one written by the American government. But every year, the US state department issues a comprehensive rogues gallery of countries involved in the narcotics trade and related criminal problems. One surprising entrant: the United States.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
NEW technology preventing drowsy drivers from crashing will be included in all Volvo cars and SUVs by the end of the decade, company officials have told the New York auto show.

The warnings include a vibrating steering wheel, the sound of a car driving over rumble strips being played to the driver and a visual warning being projected onto the windshield.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN EU-funded research consortium is producing biodegradable plastics from whey separated from milk curd during cheese-making. WHEYPOL is synthesising the polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) generated from whey. *http://ica.cordis.lu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.simpledocument&PJ_RCN=5316860&CFID=83049&CFTOKEN=71957927…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations has unveiled a three-member panel charged with investigating allegations of substantial corruption within its now defunct Oil for Food Programme, under which Iraq’s deposed Baathist regime sold limited supplies of crude, supposedly to fund humanitarian supplies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Health Organisation is to be named as the coordinator of a global plan to cut road deaths from their current level 1.2 million. The United Nations general assembly is discussing how it can work with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and relevant national ministries to reduce the number of such tragedies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MULTINATIONAL paper corporation Stora Enso has agreed to contribute US$500,000 annually for the next five years to a US$2.5 million United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) project to extend basic education in developing countries. Half this money will come from corporate funds and the rest from staff fundraising and in-kind gifts.…